Incidence of tuberculosis among health care workers at a private university hospital in South Korea

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作者：

Jo, K-W. ^{[1
]}

Woo, J. H. ^{[2
,3
]}

Hong, Y. ^{[1
]}

Choi, C-M. ^{[1
]}

Oh, Y. -M. ^{[1
]}

Lee, S. D. ^{[1
]}

Kim, W. S. ^{[1
]}

Kim, D. S. ^{[1
]}

Kim, W. D. ^{[1
]}

Shim, T. S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Ulsan, Coll Med, Asan Med Ctr, Div Pulm & Crit Care Med, Seoul 138736, South Korea

[2] Univ Ulsan, Coll Med, Asan Med Ctr, Dept Infect Control, Seoul 138736, South Korea

[3] Univ Ulsan, Coll Med, Asan Med Ctr, Div Infect Dis, Seoul 138736, South Korea

来源：

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE | 2008年 / 12卷 / 04期

关键词：

tuberculosis; health care workers; hospital-acquired infection;

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中图分类号：

R51 [传染病];

学科分类号：

100401 ;

摘要：

SETTING: A private university hospital in South Korea. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) among health care workers (HCWs) employed at a university hospital in South Korea. DESIGN: The occurrence of TB cases among HCWs over a 6-year period (2001-2006) was reviewed. The prevalence of TB was compared with that of the general population using a prevalence ratio (PR) adjusted by age and sex. RESULTS: The study involved 8433 people. TB developed in 61 HCWs (0.72%). The prevalence ratio among all HCWs was 1.05 (95 % CI 0.80-1.35). In occupational subgroups, the PRs for doctors, nurses and employees in other departments were respectively 0.58 (95% CI 0.30-1.01), 1.81 (95% CI 1.21-2.59) and 0.95 (95% CI 0.58-1.46). For nurses working in TB-related departments, the relative risk of developing TB was 3.4 times higher (95% CI 1.52-8.25) than for employees in other departments (P = 0.005). The PR for nurses working in TB-related department was 5.1 (95% CI 3.23-8.42). CONCLUSION: Among HCWs, nurses working in TB-related departments were at increased risk of developing TB. This suggests that some TB develops via in-hospital infection.

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页码：436 / 440

页数：5

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